HOW TO REGISTER: 1.To ensure your spot in the class, Send your fee along with your registration request by eTransfer, or come out and drop off a cheque or cash at the kennel. Indicate your name and your dog’s name in the Message Area of any E-Transfer. 2. REGISTER: Students will be required to Pre-Register. Click the blue tab above, fill out the form, and a reply will be sent to you. Indicate dog’s breed, age and behaviors that need to be addressed and previous attempts to deal with the problems. 3. LOCATION: To Be Arranged 4. About the seminar: Reactivity is defined as any inappropriate behavior that a dog shows under stress in various situations. That can include the appearance of another dog or even a human, on walks or at your door. It may be seen when people and dogs on the sidewalk pass your home. This may also be shown when you attempt to take something from your dog. This is termed ‘resource guarding’. We guarantee that by the end of the seminar, your dog will understand that there is a better behavior choice, thus elminating the great stress that they (and you) suffer from this inappropriate behavior. 5. Seminar Fee: $300.00, + GST $15.00 = $315.00. eTransfer, cash, or cheque, to kennel office. Each handler may bring one associate with no extra cost. Auditing spots are available at $105 per person. Sign up for these by calling the kennel at 306-477-1919. Payment due upon arrival on Saturday AM. Seminar Schedule Saturday morning. We start with an analysis of the problem(s), explain the behavioral basis for dog’s behavior, and describe the solution(s). Next, we’ll demonstrate how to do your role in the rehabilitation process, and then hand the leash to you. From here on, you will be coached on your body language, command and praise tones, and correction levels that are appropriate to your dog, and the timing of your praise. We will dedicate as much time as needed with you and your dog, coaching you on effective handling techniques. Sunday morning: Practice dealing with all the possible scenarios in which your dog previously misbehaved with individual one on one coaching in each instance. This morning, we aim at having lots of interaction with the newly unstressed dogs learning that other dogs are not something to worry about. Finally, we’ll help you create a maintainable training schedule, talk about duration of each event, and plan to expand the sphere in which your dog will learn their new behavior(s). After seminar help and advice will be available vie telephone or email for all participants if they encounter a problem. To see some testimonials from folks we’ve helped with their dog’s reactivity problems, click the button.

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Revues from the last seminar; Ten dogs and 12 dog owner groups attended. Here’s what they had to say about the seminar. Excellent Good Average Poor 1.Was there enough active participation? 8 4 2. Individual problems dealt with? 8 1 3 3. Presentation Style of Instructors 7 4 4. Instructor’s Knowledge 12 5. Did you gain new skills and knowledge? 11 1 6. Would you recommend this course? 11 1 7. Will the skills help you with your dog’s training 10 2 8. Were you comfortable during the seminar? 7 4 1 9. Was the seminar worth the money? 7 5 Remarks showed that participants understood that, while their dogs didn’t ‘graduate’ with perfect behavior, they now knew how to apply their new skills to achieve their ultimate goals with continued work. Some participants felt discomfort at times, due to their concern about their dog’s potential behavior with other dogs that were present. One said that even when there was aggressive behavior shown, they were relieved by the instructors managing the situation.